Tag Archives: Spanish power verbs
Spanish Power Verbs – Tener Posted by sasha on Nov 17, 2021
Learning so-called “power verbs” is a great way to improve your fluency in Spanish. We’ve had a few posts about Spanish power verbs over the years. Here are links in case you missed any of the previous posts: necesitar, querer, gustar, poder, and ir. In this post, we’ll take a look at yet another power…
Spanish Power Verbs – Ir Posted by sasha on Sep 30, 2020
When you’re a beginner with any language, a great place to start is by learning so-called “power verbs.” These are the most important verbs that you use on a daily basis. It’s been a while since my last post about Spanish power verbs. You can go back and check out those posts if you missed…
Spanish Power Verbs – Poder Posted by sasha on Jun 12, 2019
If you’re a beginner with learning Spanish, a good strategy is to master some power verbs. These are verbs that are used very frequently in daily life, such as necesitar (to need), querer (to want), and gustar (to like). Today we’re going to look at another Spanish power verb – poder (can/be able to). Conjugation…
Spanish Power Verbs – Gustar Posted by sasha on Jan 8, 2018
When you’re a beginner at Spanish, a great strategy is to master a handful of power verbs to get you speaking. For those who are traveling in the Spanish-speaking world and really just need to survive, getting the hang of some key power verbs allows you to express basic things like needs and wants. Go…
Spanish Power Verbs – Querer Posted by sasha on Nov 15, 2017
In our first post about Spanish power verbs, we learned how to use necesitar (to need). Since we’ve learned how to express needs, we might as well move on to learn how to express wants. In this post, we’ll look at the Spanish power verb querer (to want). Conjugation in Simple Present Once again, we’re…
Spanish Power Verbs – Necesitar Posted by sasha on Sep 20, 2017
When you’re a beginner at any language, you want to learn some useful words and grammatical structures that can help you get speaking. In a new series here, we’ll be looking at some power verbs in Spanish. First up, we’ll practice using the verb necesitar (to need). Whether you’re in Spain, Argentina, or Mexico, being…